Window operating means



Patented Mar. 26, 1940 UNITED STATES wmpow ornaa'rme mums Emile Giffoniello and Edward Bambcrg,

Builalo, N. Y.

Application November 27, 1937. Serial No. 176,922

V 7 Claims. (Cl. 268-125) Our invention relates in general to window operating means such as those employed in automobiles and other vehicles, and in particular to' a device of this nature which is controlled and 5 actuated by vacuum. i

One of the principal objects of our invention has been to provide a device having a centrallyarranged guide member, whereby the window will beeasily movable in either direction without binding. I

Another object has been to provide a device of this nature having means for forcing the window to its finally closed position, such means also acting as a positive lock to prevent the window from being pried open.

Another object of our invention has been to provide a mechanism for positively controlling a vehicle window in either direction of movement by means of vacuum. Moreover, our device is provided with cam means connected between the vacuum-operated means and the means for locking the window, whereby it may be unlocked only through the medium ofsuch suction means.

Moreover, our device is provided with means whereby a broken window may be easily removed and replaced.

Furthermore, it has been an object to provide a device of this nature which shall be simple 30 and inexpensive to manufacture and of relatively few parts so that it will not easily get out of order.

v The above objects and advantages have been accomplished by the device shown in the accompanying drawing, of which:

Fig. l is a fragmentary elevation of an automobile door, equipped with our invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, sectional elevation taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, front view of the lock releasing means.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, fragmentary, sectional 5 view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, we have shown our device as applied to an automobile door II, it being obvious that our invention isapplicable to the windows of railroad cars and the like. The automobile w door is provided with the usual window pane l I which is slidable vertically in a well known manner.

The window pane of our invention is mounted in the customary guides formed by the door structure and is carried by a window channel l2, which is of usual construction, the window being secured within the channel by any suitable means. Arranged near the center of the channel is a downwardly extending flange l2 which is 60 detachably secured to the plate ll of our invention by means of removable bolts Ii, there-. by permitting a broken window to be easily replaced without having to ble the window operating means. The sliding plate M is mounted for vertical, reciprocating movement 5 upon a guide It. The door shown in Fig. l is viewed from the outside thereof with the outside metal or covering ll removed and viewed toward and extending into a dove-tail channel 22 formed in the guide. The dove-tail channel 22 is pref- 20,

erably formed by the inwardly converging side walls 23 of the guide. The guide pins 2| are formed with tapered peripheries which-fit the dove-tail channel 22, whereby the pins will be retained within the channel, thus holding the plate It in place and, at the same time, providing for free and easy movement of the plate up and down the guide. Each of the pins is provided with a suitable stud 24 which is suitably secured to the plate.

Connecting the sliding plate It with the plate 20 of the door is a toggle, stop-link 2!. This link comprises an upper link portion 28 and a lower link portion 21. These link portions are connected together at their adjacent ends by means of a suitable link pivot pin 3|. The lower link portion 21 has an upwardly extending arm 3| which overlaps the upper link portion 26 and which is provided with a stop lug 22 that engages a stop pin 23 carried by the upper link portion 40 26 when the link portions have been moved to their straight-line positions, as shown in Fig. 1. A spiral, link-retracting spring 24 is preferably arranged about the stop-link pivot pin ll, having its inner end secured to said pin and its outer end engaging with a pin' 25, whereby the link portions will be urged toward the straight-line position-when the window-has been moved to the closed position shown in Fig. 1. The upper end of the upper link portion 22 is pivotally secured to the plate by means of an upper link pivot pin 22 which is preferably rigidly carried by the plate and ha. pivotal connection with the link. A spiral, link-retracting spring 42 is also provided for this link and it has its inner end carried by the upper link pivot pin 2 and its outer end secured to a pin 4| carried by the link portion. This spring, ooacting with. the

link-retracting spring 24, serves to urge the upper and lower link portions 22 and 21, We 00 tively, toward the straight-line position shown in Fig. 1, and to keep them in such position until the links are operated, as hereinafter described. The lower end 42 of the lower link portion 21 of the toggle stop-link is ofiset, as shown in Fig. 2, and it is secured to the plate 20 by means of an adjustable bolt 43 (see Fig. 5). This bolt is formed with a bearing portion 44 which passes through the lower end of the link portion 21 and with a screw-threaded portion 45. This screw-threaded portion is smaller in diameter than the bearing portion 44, whereby a shoulder is provided for engagement with the inner face of the plate 26. The screw-threaded portion is disposed within a slot 46 formed in the plate 26, and a nut 41 is disposed on the screw-threaded portion and bears on the outer surface of the panel 20. By means of the slot and adjustable bolt 43, the lower end of the lower link portion' of the toggle stop-link may be moved sidewise within the slot, whereby the window may be adjusted to its final closed position, such adjustment being brought about by reason of the fact that the toggle stop-link is arranged at an angle, as shown in Fig. 1, and a movement of the lower end thereof to the right or to the left of the slot will serve to raise or lower the entire link and thus bring about the adjustment above mentioned. I

A cam arm 50 is provided at the upper end of the upper link portion 26 of the toggle stoplink and, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3, this arm is curved toward one side of the main axis of the link portion so as to be in cooperative relation with a guide slot 5| formed in the sliding plate M at one side thereof. The cam arm 56 is formed with a cam face 52 which is in engageable relation with a cam block 53 slidably mounted within the guide slot 5| of the sliding plate. As shownby dotted lines in Fig. 3, when the guide block 53 is drawn downwardly within the slot 5|, it will engage with the cam surface 52 of the cam arm 56 and serve to rotate the upper link portion 26 upon its pivot 36 in coun= terclockwise direction. This partial rotation will serve to move the upper and lower link portions 26 and 21, respectively, out of straightline positionand thus release the locked position of the toggle stop-link, thereby permitting the window to be lowered.

Our device is operated preferably by vacuum produced by the engine of the motor vehicle to which the device is applied. Obviously, however, instead of vacuum, fluid under pressure might be used to actuate the operating means. As shown in the drawing, an actuating cylinder 58 is mounted at the lower part of the door and preferably secured to. the panel 26 by means of a clip. or strap 59. the customary piston 56 carried by a piston rod 51. The piston rod extends upwardly and. is secured, by suitable means, to the cam block 53.

The piston is preferably pneumatically actuated for closing as well as opening the window and, therefore, a pipe 54 is connected at the lower end of the cylinder and a pipe 55 at the upper These pipes are connected to a suitable control valve 69.

a casing 66 and a rotary plug 6|. The pipe 54 is connected to a casingport 62 and the pipe 55 is connected to a casing port 63. The ports 62 and 63 are preferably diametrically opposite each other; An exhaust port 64 is arranged at right angles to the ports 62 and .63, and diametrically opposite the port 64 is a port 66 to which is con-' pane open will be resisted by the link. When,

The cylinder is provided with Thisvalve comprises fully closed when in this position, the adjustable nected a suction pipe 68, the other end of which is attached to a suitable source of suction (not shown). The plug 6| is provided with two passageways 66 and 61. These passageways are so positioned that adjacent ports of the valve cas- 5 ing may be connected together as, for instance, the suction pipe 68 may be connected, through the port 65, with the pipe 55, through the port 63, by means of the passageway 66. Likewise, the pipe 54 may be connected, through the port 62, with the atmospheric port 64 by means of the passageway 61. By rotating the valve in clockwise direction, the passageway 61 will connect the pipe 54, through the port 62, with the suction pipe 68, through the port 65, and the passageway 66 will connect the pipe 55, through the port 63, with the atmosphere through the port 64. g l As shown in Fig. l, the window pane II has been moved to and locked in its closed position. As shown in this figure, the toggle stop-link is in straight-line position and the pivot pins 36, 30, and 43 are in substantial alignment with each other, whereby any attempt to pry the window 26 however, it is desired to lower the window pane, the plug 6| of the valve will be moved to such position where the passageway 61 will connect the suction pipe 68, through the port 65, with the pipe 54, through the port 62, and the passageway 66 will simultaneously be moved to such position where it will connect the pipe 55, through the port 63, to the atmosphere through'the port 64. This will allow atmospheric pressure to enter the port 64 and pass to the cylinder through the passageway 66 of the plug and pipe 55, thereby pressing the piston 56 downwardly toward the lower end of the cylinder. The first movement of the piston and piston rod will cause the block 53, to which the upper end of the rod is connected, to be moved downwardly in the slot 5| formed in the sliding plate I 4. Such movement will cause the block to bear against the cam face-52 of the cam arm 50, and thereby cause the upper link portion 26 of the toggle stop-link to be rotated slightly in counterclockwise direction, thus moving the stop-link pivot pin 36 out of straightline alignment with the pivot pins 36 and 43 at the ,ends of the toggle stop-link, and thus unlock the device. When the block 53 reaches the lower end of the slot 5|, it will come into engagement with the sliding plate l4 and further downward movement of the rod will cause this plate, together with the window pane, to be drawn downwardly the desired-amount. As the window pane is being lowered, the upper and lower portions 26 and 21, respectively,.of'the toggle stop link will be moved toward each other about their common pivot point 30. On the upward movement of the window pane, the cam block 53 will first of all be -moved upwardly to the limit of its travel in the slot 5|, after which the plate |4, together with the window pane, will be positively moved upwardly to its closed position. During such movement, the upper and lower portions 26 and 21, respectively, of the stop-link will be rotated about their pivots toward their straight=line, locked position, shown in Fig. 1. If,,for any reason, the window should not be bolt 43 may be loosened and moved along to "the left in the slot 46 until the desired position of the window pane has been reached, whereupon the bolt will again be tightened in place by means of the nut 41. I ll as rled by said piston rod having a ili saidettachingmeanstounlocksaid sto attachingmember secured to the window pane' and slidable on said guide, jointed-link stop means for normally locking the window pane in its closed position, said stop means having .its

19 lower end pivotally connected to said vehicle and its upper end pivotally connected to said attaching member, single pneumatic/actuating means carried by the vehicle and having'a piston rod,

unlocking means connecting said piston rod-and 15 said stop means, the part of said unlocking means which is carried by said piston rod having a limited amount of initial, relative movement with said attaching means to unlock said stop means, and said unlocking means being movable with go ,saidattaching member after such initialrelative movement. I

2. The combination with a vehicle of a window pane operating device, comprising a centrally arranged vertical guide fixed -to the vehicle, an

25 attaching member secured to the window pane and slidable on said guide. a toggle stop-link for normally locking the window pane .in its closed position, said stop-link having its lower end pivotally connected to said vehicle and its'upper end 30 pivotally connected to said attaching member, single pneumatic actuating means carried by the vehicle and having a piston rod, unlocking means connecting said piston rod and said stop means, the part or said unlocking meanswhich is carted amount of initial, relative movement with said attaching means to unlock said stop means, and. said unlocking means being movable with. said attaching member after such initial, relative movement.

3. The combination with a vehicle of a window pane operating device, comprising a centrally arranged'vertical guide fixed to the vehicle, an attach'ing member slidable on said guide, means carried by said window pane for detachable conenection said attaching memberfijointeddink stop means for normally locking the window pane in its closed position, said stop means having its lower end pivotally connected to saidvehicle and its upper end pivotally connected to said attaching member, single pneumatic actuating means carried by the vehicle and having a piston rod, unlocking means connecting said piston rod and saidstopmeans, thepartoi' saidunlockingmeans which is carriedby saidpiston rod'hsving slime ited amount oi initial, relative movement with p means, and said unlocking means being movable with said attaching member after such initial relative movement, n

4. 'lheccmblnetion withavehicleoiawindow pane operating device, com rangedverticalguidefixedtothevehicle. an attachingmembersecuredtothe window pane and slidable on said guide, a toggle stop-link (or normallylockingthewindowpenein'itsclosed position, said stop-link having its lower end pivotally connected to said vehicle. and movable sidewiseinaslottor adjustmenaenditsupperend singlepneumstlc 1o vehicleandhsvmga'mstonromunloekingmesns a. centrally ar connecting said piston rod and said stop means,

, the part or said unlocking means which is carried by said piston rod having a limited amount of initial, relative movement with said attaching meansto unlock said stop means, and said unlocking means being movable with said attaching member after such initial, relative movement.

5. The combination with a vehicle of a window pane operating device, comprising a centrally ar ranged vertical guide fixed to the vehicle. ,an attaching member secured to the window pane and slidableon said guide, a toggle stop-link for normally locking the window pane in its closed position, said stop-link having its lower :end' pivotally connected to said vehicle and its upper end is pivotally connected to said attaching member, single pneumatic actuating means carried by the vehicle and having a piston rod the upper end of the toggle link being formed, beyond the piv--..-

-havinga piston rod. unlocking means connectsaid-stop means, and s'aid ranged vertical guide fixed to the vehicle, an attaching plate slidably mounted upon said guide,

otal connection to the attaching member, with a 20 cam arm, a cam block carried by said piston rod and slidably mounted in said member for limited initial movement therewith, said cam block being engageable with said cam arm. said cam block and attaching member being movable together as for czpening the window 4 after said initial movemen v 6. The combination with a vehicle of a window pane operating device, comprising a centrally arranged vertical guide fixed to the vehicle, an attaching plate slidably mounted upon said guide, a window channel secured to the window pane, means tordetachably securing the channel to the plate, jointed-link stop means for locking the window pane in its closed position, said stop means having its lower end pivotally connected to said vehicle and its upper end pivotally connected to said attaching member, single pneumatic actuating means carried by the vehicle and ing said pistonrod andsaid stop'mean's. the part of said unlocking means which is carried by said piston rod having a limited amount 0! initial, relative movement with said attaching means to being movable with said attaching member after such initial, relative movement. I

'l. The combination witha vehicle 0! a window pane operating device, comprising a centrally ar-' a window channel secured to the window pane. means for detachably securing the channel to the plate, a toggle stop-link for normally locking the window pane in its closed position, said stop-link having its lower end pivotelly connected to said vehicle and its upper end pivotally connected to said attaching plate, single pneumatic actuating means carried by the vehicle and havin'ga piston rod, the upper end or the toggle link being formed, beyond its pivotal connection to the attaching plate, with acam arm. scam blockcsrriedbysaidplston rodandslidsblymountedin said plate for limited initial movement therewiflnseidcsmblockbeingmelble wlthsaid 5 camamsddcsmblockandsttschingmember 

